急需英国曼彻斯特的艾伯特广场的英文介绍!!谢谢了~~~

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/15 18:17:22
谢谢大家~~请帮我查一下~~~
要英文的介绍:
艾伯特广场,圣彼得广场~和曼彻斯特大教堂~~~
十分感谢!!!!

Albert Square
Completed in 1887, this most impressive neo-Gothic building cost a million pounds and is acknowledged as a masterpiece in its own right. It rises as a Victorian edifice - a monument to the civic pride of the city fathers, reaching 286 feet above Albert Square below.
Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, a leading contemporary architect, it was fitted masterfully onto an awkward triangular space - although not unanimously liked as the best looking design, it proved the most practical of the 136 other designs entered. Manchester had achieved city status in 1853, and was keen to show off its civic dignity. Inside it is lavishly and richly decorated, with mosaic floors bearing the "bees", symbols of Manchester's industry, and has wall murals by Ford Madox Brown.
At the front main entrance, a statue of the Roman Governor, Agricola, surveys the square. He had founded the original fort of Mamuciam, from which the city began, and is thus honoured by a sta